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Picture Perfect Photo book captures beauty of Little Kids and Their Big Dogs
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here’s nothing cuter than a kid bonding with a pooch. In his new book, Little Kids and Their Big Dogs, photographer Andy Seliverstoff proves that and raises the adorable quotient. The 131-page book features nearly 100 images of huge dogs, including St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, Great Danes and mastiffs, sitting, walking and playing with small children. “The main goal of my photo
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shoots wasn’t just to create beautiful pictures, but to capture the interaction between the children and the animals,” says Seliverstoff, 58, of St. Petersburg, Russia, whose photos have received thousands of likes on his Facebook page (facebook.com/ GDChronicles). Big dogs and small children are perfect together because, in general, “for their size, larger dogs tend to be very grounded and surprisingly gentle,” says Denise
Flaim, an American Kennel Club judge and founder of Revodana Publishing, which published Little Kids, Big Dogs. “They understand that just because you’re big doesn’t mean you have to be a bully, and that’s an awesome message, especially in this day and time we live in.” Seliverstoff is working on the second edition of his book, which will feature even more breeds, and has plans for a calendar and greeting cards in 2018.
ANDY SELIVERSTOFF; PROVIDED BY REVODANA PUBLISHING
BY MICHELLE WASHINGTON